HOWSON, Capt John, RN (1871-1948)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Howson |
Held at | : Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma › |
Full title | : HOWSON, Capt John, RN (1871-1948) |
Date(s) | : Created [1943] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1871; entered Mercantile Marine, 1887, and served in sailing vessels until 1895; obtained Extra Master's Certificate, 1895, and joined Pacific Steam Navigation Company; obtained commission in the Royal Naval Reserve, 1896, and served in South Africa, 1900-1902; served with RN, 1902-1903; transferred to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1906, and commanded several of their vessels, 1910-1914, and 1919-1921; served in RN Harwich force, North Sea 1914-1917, and as Flag Lt to Cdr in Chief, Nore Command, 1918-1919; commanded hospital ship in Black Sea, 1919; served in Atlantic convoys, 1939-1940, Norway, 1940, and the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940; Staff Officer, HQ Western Approaches, 1940-1941; served in Mediterranean, 1941-1942, and Madagascar,1942, and took part in Malta convoys, 1942, and the landings in North Africa, 1942, Sicily, 1943, and Italy, 1943; Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, 1944; [Senior Naval Officer], Delhi, 1946; died in 1948.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Copy of typescript memoir of his RN career, 1914-1918 and 1939-1943, covering his service with the Harwich force in the North Sea, 1914-1917, notably the Battle of Dogger Bank, Jan 1915, at Nore Command, 1918-1919, in the Atlantic convoys, 1939-1940, Norway, 1940, the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940, as Staff Officer, HQ Western Approaches, 1940-1941, in the Mediterranean,1941-1942, Madagascar, 1942, Malta convoys, 1942, and the landings in North Africa, 1942, Sicily, 1943, and Italy, 1943. Includes copies of naval signals, 1915-1916.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Finding aids:
Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1995.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 1997
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